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Key Terms. polyrhythm Yoruba. African Drumming. central to most West African traditional music came to Americas via slave trade influenced many styles including jazz. Yoruba Drumming. Yoruba people of Togo, Benin, and Nigeria many religious and non-religious uses of drumming. Polyrhythms. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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African Drumming
• central to most West African traditional music
• came to Americas via slave trade
• influenced many styles including jazz
Yoruba Drumming
• Yoruba people of Togo, Benin, and Nigeria
• many religious and non-religious uses of drumming
Polyrhythms
• overlapped, contrasting rhythms• one drum lays down a basic pulse• other drums play variety of rhythms
– duplication of main rhythm– more complicated and varied rhythms
with extensive syncopation– an entirely different pattern
“Ako”
• from the Egungun festival repertory
• played by virtuoso Yoruba drummers
• some clear polyrhythmic interactions
Iya ilu
• “talking drum” (mother drum)
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Polyrhythms in “Ako”
• omele ako plays constant pulse• eki plays recurring syncopated
pattern• iya ilu (mother drum) departs freely
from main pulse throughout– at one point plays 3 + 3– feeling of triple meter against 4 + 4